Working Offshore

[H20fowlkiller]

Im in school to get a degree in petrochemical tech. (basically be a operator at a refinerey) and was curious if any of you work in the field and if so do any of yall work offshore cuz i think thats the direction im looking to go so i could move away from the coast and hurricanes that can flood your house any info could be helpfull

[H20fowlkiller]

not even one of you guys

[Bankermane]

And you're getting married this weekend?

[BAY KINGFISHER]

Hey man I just quit after five and half years as a production operator, if you want a job, now,s a good time, they will be hiring summer help( no experience needed), prove yourself, and be brought on full time. I suggest you start looking in Lafayette, plenty of contract companies that run the production side of the Gulf...

Production Contractors: Island Operating, Wood Group, Baker, D &C to name a few

Drilling Contractors: Rowan and H&P (MS run companies) ,Global Santafe, Trans ocean, Parker

Contractors: KBR, Weatherford, BJ, National Oil Well, Baker Wireline, BJ Services, Glytech.

Then all the oil companies, but I suggest trying in the contract area first, just easier to get into...

Get a hold of a "Quick Qtr" for the Acadian Parishes...always have plenty of oilfield jobs in there.....PM me if you need more help still have plenty friend in the gulf

[H20fowlkiller]

yes im getting married this weekend but i wont graduate for about a year and a half
kingfisher were u on a production rig as an operator

[the doctor]

you are wanting to move and work offshore to get AWAY from huricanes???

Little known fact: All hurricanes develop off shore

the doc

[BAY KINGFISHER]

yes, production operator, Also, did spend time offshore in some tropical storms, but no hurricanes.. I know what you mean about leaving the Coast from the storms, but I just love Bay St. Louis to damm much...even though I lost everything I own, hehehe... and oh by the way..most hurricanes start off the coast of Africa, the carribean, or the southern Gulf....so dont let that deter you, they will get you off them metal islands in plenty of time to go home and board up, hehehe, I remember one year I must of evacuated five times.....anyway good luck, I will tell you theres more money on the drilling side when breaking out in the gulf....than in production, but production is a little more stable for sure. Green hands for drilling will earn 32000-36000 first year out, production green hands prob. 25000-28000 depending on what contract your on..if you want to make the real big money quick, wireline, slick line, coiled tubing, well testing, P&A, probably pay more but youll work 9-10 moths a year being on call rather than 14/14 or 7/7. anyway just some more info on the great gulf...good luck..

[H20fowlkiller]

well im not going into the drilling aspect of it just the production platforms but thanks for the info and yea u might stay out there when a squal rolls in but when a full blown hurricane comes ur outa there in plenty of time since and dont get me wrong i love the coast but i want to move to the brandon madison area so i could be closer to better hunting which right now is 4 hrs away at least and this is one of they only ways i can do that plus all of my family lives her and so does my future wifes so coming down here to fish and island hop aint nothing but a 3 hr drive plus this side of the coast is really going to $#!+

[MudHog]

A good market to get in right now is directional rilling, but be prepared to travel. Pathfinder Energy is blowing and going right now in the NW, CO, WY areas. All land stuff too, which can be a big plus compared to being stuck off-shore.

http://www.qqclassifieds.com is a place to look for Quick Quarter online. Every Thursday their new edition comes out, but not everyone puts their ad online. I can pick one up and scan some parts if you need me to. I'm in the heart of the oilfield (Lafayette, Broussard and New Iberia).

Personally, I work for a fabrication yard. I manage projects along the lines of separators, line heaters, and any other production types of equipment, even down to produced water packages.

There's money to be made off-shore, just realize you'll be either at min. 7 and 7 with 21 and 14 or 21 and 7 not far from your reach.

Another good field is an SRC Electrician. You'd spend your time in a drilling boat though.

On Edit: you say you want to move 4 hours up from the coast are you willing to drive to your heli-port or dock? I don't see where Brandon, MS would be like New Iberia or Lafayette where you fly on a chopper directly out of these cities to a rig. Another thing to consider, depending how far off-shore depends what you go out on. Choppers are mostly only for 60+ miles out. Anything in and your on a crew boat and have to drive to the dock to catch your boat.

[cajun squealer]

Look into drilling fluids (mud) engineering. From what I understand, the majority of these engineers are looking at retirement in the relatively near future. That being said, the industry is looking for new blood to fill the old shoes.
Good luck!

[MudHog]

cajunsq,

honestly that the case with any type of engineer in the oil and gas industry. I think the average age of engineers in the O&G industry is around 50+. There is a desperate need for young engineers, badly.

[H20fowlkiller]

i think yall dont quite get where im going with this or maybe im not getting yall but im seeing engineer and mud drilling so let me clarify this im getting a 2 year degree in the pretty much refinery operation

[MudHog]

I completely understand what your talking about and actually you don't need a 2 year degree to work off-shore or in production. You can start as a roustabout and within a few years become a crane operator. Crane operator is about the best job on a rig.

Honestly, I think you need to find something in a refinery on land and not mess with off-shore. The sooner you can get your foot in the door at a refinery, the better off you will be.

[H20fowlkiller]

i know i dont need a two year degree my dad works at the largest or 2nd largest refinery in the country for chevron here in goula but i dont mean a crane opertator or any kind of machinery operator i mean a plant operator the ones who check everything and make sure levels and temps etc. are runnig ok sorry for the confusion

[MudHog]

More or less what I'm trying to say is by having a 2 year degree, your thinking of going into something that doesn't need what you will have. There's other options out there for you that you can benefit from having that 2 year degree.

Buddy of mine out by Avery Island (Home of Tabasco) rides in a boat all day and checks gauges at different christmas trees (wellheads) and the dude makes about $18 an hour w/o a degree.

You could get into a refinery and train as an Equipment Inspector, but that will entitle doing NDE (non-destructive examination) on equipment, running the the "Fitness for Service" process, preforming tmin calculations for future service life, etc.